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• More U.S. women dying in childbirth
ATLANTA - U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame. Some ...
• Campaigns get personal McCain called 'erratic'
With four weeks left until Election Day, the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign took a particularly nasty turn Sunday as charges flew between the campaigns. The fierce skirmishing broke out after McCain's running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed in ...
• Asia stocks off 5 percent
LONDON - Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth. Investors took scant comfort from Washington ...
• Taliban said to be furious over U.S. strike
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents said Sunday. The attack Friday on the North ...
• Fed chairman: U.S. economy will rebound
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted Tuesday the economy will rebound from an anemic performance at the start of the year even if the housing slump continues. Economic growth in the first three months of this year nearly ...